(Quebec) Dominique Anglade promises to collaborate with the cities and “to put an end to the bickering” with Quebec. This is the message she delivered during a first official meeting with the mayor of the City of Quebec, Bruno Marchand, on Wednesday.
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“I expressed my real desire to collaborate, to ensure that municipal autonomy is respected, to work in partnership with the City of Quebec. Me, I really want to put an end to the bickering, to the division that we have seen here in Quebec, ”expressed the Liberal leader at the end of her meeting with the mayor of Quebec, Wednesday at City Hall.
She obviously evokes the discord last spring between the City of Quebec and the Legault government about the progress of the tramway project. Last March, the Coalition avenir Québec government opposed the establishment of a shared street on René-Lévesque Boulevard. This had earned a frontal charge from Mayor Marchand against the Legault government.
Dominique Anglade also recalled that the Marchand administration is not keen on the third link project between Quebec and Lévis. Again Tuesday, Bruno Marchand affirmed that we cannot “pass over the body of the City of Quebec” in this project while the studies are not yet known. The Liberal leader added the repair of the Quebec Bridge as negotiations drag on between Quebec and Ottawa.
“Look at what happened with the Quebec bridge and the federal government: chicanery, no results for Quebec. Tramway: it took everything for us to move forward. Third link: same case, quibbles, quibbles. I tell you, I want to put an end to the bickering, ”listed Mme England.
The Quebec Liberal Party opposes the city center to city center under-river tunnel project as proposed by the CAQ. The Liberals are proposing to extend the upcoming tramway project to link Quebec City to Lévis, but have not yet determined where it would go. An Anglade government would launch studies on the issue to establish the best possible route.